Wednesday, May 14, 2014
2013-2014 Reflection for AP Language and Composition
This year was a learning experience for me. I learned a lot of things that I have never even heard of and my mind was definitely challenged. My favorite lessons were those of the synthesis essay and the vocabulary packets. My least favorite lesson was the rhetorical analysis essay. I still cannot remember the format for doing it. Other than that lesson, the rest was good. I do not understand the point why we had to watch "Raisin In the Sun". I mean,it was a good play/movie, but I didn't see a place for it in our lesson.
You have became one of my favorite teachers this year. Even though you were crazy at time, you were earnest when needed. You always made sure that we understood when we didn't and were on point with commentary and feedback if not from you then from my classmates. Those group sessions helped a lot! There is not anything better than getting critiqued from your own people.
I like the fact that we could express ourselves in this class and feel comfortable while doing so. Whether it was about the meaning behind "Animal Farm" or what happened on "Love & Hip-Hop". Your class was the only whereas me and my fellow classmates didn't feel so trapped in. We could laugh, I mean actually laugh, without having to hide it. We could say whatever we felt without worrying about being judged. We didn't have to limit our writing boundaries neither which was a major relief and it felt good.
You and this whole experience this year will really help me in the long run and honestly, it already did. Well,this could be my last year with you and even though I want to hate it, I'm glad that you left us with something to help us throughout our lives. I'm going to end this essay with the fact that you are very appreciated and every lesson you taught will be put to use.
Thursday, March 20, 2014
"Invisible Man" Beyond the Book
Question #7
During slavery days, whenever the masters gave their slaves names or any type of identification, it helps the slave know who they are-if not help, it gives them an idea. I think the narrator is making a statement that he isn't quite sure of who he is. Because of the fact that throughout the book he is changing the way he looks at thing, I think that it is pretty evident to say so. Pertaining to the end of the book, I think that he will find his identity. In fact, I think that during the end, he was getting an idea of it.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
13 Year Old, Marcelo Pesseghini, Murdered His Whole Family (Random Case)
A 13 year old Brazil boy killed his police office parents and grandmother and great-aunt before spending a full day at school and then taking his own life in December 2012. Police say that the Amityville Horror story inspired Marcelo's actions.
The 19-Year-Old Killer (Houston, TX)
In a recent interview that my English teacher showed us in class, it was revealed that an African American man who was imprisoned killed and robbed 2 men. During the interview, the man suggested that he receive the death penalty, described in details the events of that day-the day when the killing happened- and showed no remorse whatsoever. The irony of this whole situation is that one of the men that he killed was burning something in a trash can and prior to killing him, he told asked him, "You know you can get a ticket for doing that?" Only to know that less then 5 minutes later he killed the man and the other guy that was with him.
To me, this whole subject of matter was bogus. I thought that not only was committing robbery bad enough, but killing the, too? Taking his wallet wasn't good enough so he had to take his life, too? To think that people wonder why others are downing our race! The only reason he killed the first man was because after he shot him the first time and collapsed, he lifted up his head.
The killer's language was so elementary and he sounded like he had a deficiency or something. I was like, "Please, sir, before you try to kill somebody-kill those double negatives first."
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